Imprisonment is a common experience for people who use drugs. Approximately 56-90% of people who use drugs will spend time in prisons for a variety of crimes including drug use, possession, trafficking and sale, as well as for acquisitive crimes[...]

Following the tradition of previous Alcohol & harm reduction conferences, the organisers (Q4Q, IHRA, ICAP, Dinamo) of this conference in Barcelona (May 11, 2008) chose a format that would trigger interaction, engagement and innovation, and would[...]

The Global State of Harm Reduction 2008 is the result of several months of hard work and collaborative efforts by IHRA and regional harm reduction networks and organisations around the world. It is the third publication from, and a major compone[...]

This report is the second major report in the series. It provides a region-by-region update of key developments in harm reduction since the first Global State report was released in 2008. It also explores several issues key to the response to dr[...]

A useful overview of UN endorsement of harm reduction measures; the legality of harm reduction services under the Drug Conventions; the obligation in human rights law to ensure access to harm reduction services and the global state of harm reduc[...]

In 2008 Harm Reduction International released the Global State of Harm Reduction, a report that mapped responses to drug-related HIV and hepatitis C epidemics around the world for the first time. The report has since been published every two yea[...]

In 2008, Harm Reduction International released the Global State of Harm Reduction, a report that mapped responses to drug-related HIV and hepatitis C epidemics around the world for the first time. The data gathered for the report provided a crit[...]

The drive to scale-up needle and syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for people who inject drugs has stalled, according to this report.
Despite a UN pledge to end AIDS by 2030, no new countries have established needle and syringe[...]

The 2018 Global State of Harm Reduction is the sixth edition of this report, and the most comprehensive ever thanks to a coordinated effort of over 100 harm reduction practitioners, academics, advocates and activists from around the world.
It f[...]